Abrothrix jelskii

Abrothrix jelskii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Abrotrichini
Genus: Abrothrix
Species: Abrothrix jelskii

Name

• Abrothrix jelskii (Thomas, 1894)

Holotype: BMNH 85.4.1.44, adult indet., skin and skull.

Type locality: “Junin, [Junín Dept.,] Central Peru.”

Combinations

• Acodon jelskii Thomas, 1894: 360 [original combination]
• Chroeomys jelskii: Thomas, 1926: 317 [name combination]
• [Akodon] jelskii: Ellerman, 1941: 410 [name combination]
• A[brothrix]. jelskii: Spotorno, Zuleta & Cortes, 1990 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Hesperomys scalops: Thomas, 1884: 455 [part; not Oxymicterus scalops Gay [= Chelemys megalonyx]
• Akodon jelskii pyrrhotis Thomas, 1894: 361
• Akodon pulcherrimus Thomas, 1897: 549
• Akodon pulcherrimus cayllomae Thomas, 1901: 185
• Akodon pulcherrimus inambarii Thomas, 1901: 185
• Akodon pulcherrimus cruceri Thomas, 1901: 186
• Akodon bacchante Thomas, 1902: 139
• Akodon bracchante sodalis Thomas, 1913: 141
• Akodon inornatus Thomas, 1917: 2
• Akodon jelskii ochrotis Sanborn, 1947: 133

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1894. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 6 14: 346–365.
• Thomas, P. 1926. The Godman-Thomas expedition to Peru.— I. On mammals collected by Mr. R. W. Hendee near Lake Junin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9 17: 313–318.
• Ellerman, J.R 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 2. Family Muridae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), xii + 690 pp.
• Spotorno, A.E., Zuleta, C.A. & Cortes, A. 1990. Evolutionary systematics and heterochrony in Abrothrix species (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Evolución Biológica 4: 37–62.

Additional references

• Patterson, B.D., Smith, M.F. & Teta, P. 2015. Genus Abrothrix Waterhouse, 1837. Pp. 109–127 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Abrothrix jelskii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Abrothrix jelskii  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Jelski's Altiplano Mouse, Jelski's Grass Mouse, Ornate Akodont
Esperanto: ĥreomuso jelskia